I think the greatest tragedy for Christians who are so law-minded and obsess with thoughts that they are sinners and must "contain the beast" within themselves, is that they never truly understand the mystery and the glory of Christ within them; that God Himself has been and is working in them still to reveal their own salvation to them with all of its benefits. Focusing on their failures and negative tendencies, they can never freely and fully rejoice in their new creation self, and their union with Christ, which was the work of God Himself.
The great tragedy is that they remain focused on themselves, and never truly understand (and thereby neglect) God's glory and grace upon their life. By choosing to remain in this condition, they reject grace and its free gift: a change of mind about their true nature and about God's goodness. Thus, they are robbed of the enjoyment of that which is already theirs by the work of Christ: righteousness, peace, and joy, all which belong to salvation (Yeshua). You have not only been delivered from something, but also to something.
Grace=Peace,
Jeremy
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